--- title: "16 Said America Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 16 Said America quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Said America sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/john-price-2830_quote_it-has-been-accurately-said-that-if-amer_1356417.jpg" --- > [“It has been accurately said that if America’s economy sneezes, the world catches a cold.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-price/it-has-been-accurately-said-that-if-america-s-economy-sneezes-the/) [John Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-price/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/john-price-2830_quote_it-has-been-accurately-said-that-if-amer_1356417.jpg) > [“This can't be constitutional," he said. "This is America, damn it. We still have freedom of speech here.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bentley-little/this-can-t-be-constitutional-he-said-this-is-america-damn-it-we-still/) [Bentley Little](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bentley-little/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/bentley-little-20269_communication_this-can-t-be-constitutional-he-said-thi_434815.jpg) > [Martin Luther King said America had given a bad check to black people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-young/martin-luther-king-said-america-had-given-a-bad-check-to-black-people/) [Andrew Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44b/andrew-young-5409_america_martin-luther-king-said-america-had-give_571319.png) > [“I hope that it will yet be said, America is America's best customer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay/i-hope-that-it-will-yet-be-said-america-is-america-s-best-customer/) [Henry Clay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/henry-clay-13771_america_i-hope-that-it-will-yet-be-said-america_36068.png) > [ \[ John\] Winthrop was the man who first said America was "a city upon a hill," which \[Ronald\] Reagan then appropriated. There… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/john-winthrop-was-the-man-who-first-said-america-was-a-city-upon-a/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/360/kevin-sessums-9486_america_john-winthrop-was-the-man-who-first-said_3078197.jpg) > [Every American president, regardless of party, has said that America has an intense interest in a peaceful resolution. And I think it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-a-kissinger/every-american-president-regardless-of-party-has-said-that-america/) [Henry A. Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-a-kissinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/henry-a-kissinger-1068_america_every-american-president-regardless-of-p_366771.jpg) > [“Well, yeah," Dovey said. "That's America. We watch shows about rich people's houses and their designer dresses and we drool. It's patriotic.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/well-yeah-dovey-said-that-s-america-we-watch-shows-about-rich-people/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d6/barbara-kingsolver-200_patriotic_well-yeah-dovey-said-that-s-america-we-w_2718184.png) > [It has been said that we have not had the three R's in America, we had the six R's; remedial readin', remedial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-hutchins/it-has-been-said-that-we-have-not-had-the-three-r-s-in-america-we-had/) [Robert M. Hutchins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-hutchins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83c/robert-m-hutchins-15892_america_it-has-been-said-that-we-have-not-had-th_2811955.png) > [ It's very clear from what he \[Osama ben Laden\] said, what his lieutenants have said, that America is not even their main… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scheuer/it-s-very-clear-from-what-he-osama-ben-laden-said-what-his/) [Michael Scheuer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scheuer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b9/michael-scheuer-7471_america_it-s-very-clear-from-what-he-osama-ben-l_2531521.jpg) > [Donald Trump very clearly said America first. That is a traditional right wing, but also very isolationist. That takes us back to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-tanenhaus/donald-trump-very-clearly-said-america-first-that-is-a-traditional/) [Sam Tanenhaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-tanenhaus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d0/sam-tanenhaus-39078_america_donald-trump-very-clearly-said-america-f_1245005.png) > [I originated a remark many years ago that I think has been copied more than any little thing that Ive every said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/i-originated-a-remark-many-years-ago-that-i-think-has-been-copied/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/709/will-rogers-272_america_i-originated-a-remark-many-years-ago-tha_803190.jpg) > [A great writer named Neal Stephenson said that America does four things better than any other country in the world: rock music,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/courtney-love/a-great-writer-named-neal-stephenson-said-that-america-does-four/) [Courtney Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/courtney-love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de6/courtney-love-2787_america_a-great-writer-named-neal-stephenson-sai_1659142.jpg) > [“The weary Italian woman nodded at her children behind her. “Where we came from, everybody lives only one kind of life. Alessandro…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/the-weary-italian-woman-nodded-at-her-children-behind-her-where-we/) [Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/801/paullina-simons-1314_children_the-weary-italian-woman-nodded-at-her-ch_661546.jpg) > [“I've got everything ready to go," I said once he was finally awake and dressed. All the tenderness and vulnerability was gone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tammy-blackwell/i-ve-got-everything-ready-to-go-i-said-once-he-was-finally-awake-and/) [Tammy Blackwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tammy-blackwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/tammy-blackwell-14073_cool-kid_i-ve-got-everything-ready-to-go-i-said-o_940561.jpg) > [“The new home fashion will be spare. This will be the return of an old WASP style: the good, frayed carpet; dogs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-noonan/the-new-home-fashion-will-be-spare-this-will-be-the-return-of-an-old/) [Peggy Noonan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-noonan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71c/peggy-noonan-4902_simple-pleasures_the-new-home-fashion-will-be-spare-this_2864437.jpg) > [“Some people cannot afford to believe that this country isn’t that bad, that as Hillary Clinton said, “America is great because America…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/some-people-cannot-afford-to-believe-that-this-country-isn-t-that-bad/) [Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57a/yaa-gyasi-16869_african-americans_some-people-cannot-afford-to-believe-tha_1674123.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said-america/#itemlist", "name": "Said America Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It has been accurately said that if America’s economy sneezes, the world catches a cold.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Price" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-price/it-has-been-accurately-said-that-if-america-s-economy-sneezes-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/john-price-2830_quote_it-has-been-accurately-said-that-if-amer_1356417.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/john-price-2830_quote_it-has-been-accurately-said-that-if-amer_1356417.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/john-price-2830_quote_it-has-been-accurately-said-that-if-amer_1356417.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It has been accurately said that if America’s economy sneezes, the world catches a cold.” — John Price", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“This can't be constitutional,\" he said. \"This is America, damn it. 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All of these are sacred American art forms. 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